Een gesprek in een restaurant over een allergie

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A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners

Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos

What does "even kijken" mean in Dutch?

It's a Dutch even + verb construction. A Dutch hesitation marker — "let me see" or "give me a sec" — using the time-softener even.

Even kijken.
Hear "even kijken" in 3 other Dutch videos:
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About this clip

A 43s video in Dutch at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 182 words per minute, rated 3.1/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • Food & Cooking - Recipes, restaurant reviews, street food, and kitchen vocabulary.
  • Health & Wellness - Fitness, mental health, nutrition, sleep, and self-care.

Vocabulary frequency

How common is the vocabulary in this A2 Dutch listening practice listening practice?

88.1%
of words are in the top 2,000 most common Dutch words
Based on this reel’s transcript, most of the vocabulary is high-frequency, everyday Dutch.

General Dutch frequency

84.2%
Top 1,000
88.1%
Top 2,000
92.1%
Top 5,000

Spoken Dutch frequency

91.1%
Top 1,000
97.8%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000
👄 Conversational vocabulary
This reel’s words appear more often in subtitle-based spoken-Dutch data than in general usage, so it may feel closer to everyday conversation.

Words above this video’s level

Quick glosses for vocabulary that goes beyond this video’s A2 level.

gegrilde
Rare / outside top 5,000
grilled
kipsalade
Rare / outside top 5,000
chicken salad
pindaallergie
Rare / outside top 5,000
peanut allergy
pindavrij
Rare / outside top 5,000
peanut free
allergie
Rare / outside top 5,000
allergy

Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-NL 2014 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.

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